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Outlining the science and technology of the processes used in treating water to meet specific water quality standards, this book emphasizes the common process fundamentals, whether used in drinking water production or wastewater treatment systems. Operations discussed include destabilization of suspensions, sedimentation flotation and sand filtration processes, chemical precipitation, membrane filtration, biological and anaerobic processes, disinfection and fluoridation of water supplies. Includes design examples and computer programs that are available on the Internet.

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Casey emphasizes principles of design for certain water and wastewater processes. Conventional processes for drinking water and sanitary wastewater are fairly well covered. Industrial processes include chemical precipitation, ion exchange, activated carbon adsorption, and packed column air stripping. However, design equations are often not provided, and even scientific principles are sometimes given short shrift. Henry's law is discussed only with respect to gases, and not VOCs. In his discussion of metal solubility, Casey describes and tabulates the solubility product constant, but complex ion formation necessary to compute solubility goes unmentioned. Several BASIC computer programs for process design are available separately from the publisher at no extra cost, but they cover very few topics from the book. One computes solubility of gases in water but does not take into account the effect of pH on acidic or basic gases such as ammonia or hydrogen sulfide. No example or end-of-chapter problems are provided, limiting the book's usefulness for students. Not a unique offering, given the large number of books available that cover essentially the same material. Undergraduates through professionals; two-year technical program students. D. A. Vaccari; Stevens Institute of Technology